Is anyone else having this problem? Now, when I go to my Friends page, I see only two posts (both by OS), and there's no option to view older posts. What happened to the rest of them?

Or has it always been this way, and I just didn't read enough news?

"Polls show that as many as one quarter of Americans still believe Mr. Obama was born outside the United States."

One quarter. One QUARTER?!

I write like H.P. Lovecraft.

Me: Dan and I exchanged wedding gifts today/yesterday.

Other person: Oh! What did he get you?

Me: A chaise longue! It's really comfortable.

Other: A what?

Me: A chaise longue.

Other: What's that?

Me: A chase lounge.

Other: Oh, a chase lounge. Nice. [Provides incorrect etymology]

Bronson and Merryman set out to write Freakonomics of child-rearing and failed ( Read more... )

One: Does anyone care about restaurants in New Paltz, NY? I went to New Paltz a few weeks ago and was impressed at their array of independent restaurants. I thought about doing a review, but then, who goes to New Paltz, NY? Anybody care ( Read more... )

Well, this happened to me just now, as I logged in to see if anybody had a new post. Somebody banged on my door, and when I answered, it was the FedEx delivery guy. (Mid-50s, graying, country accent.) I couldn't remember ordering any packages, but I got that little twinge of excitement that always occurs when there's a slight chance someone has ( Read more... )

Okay, after grading undergrad essays for a few semesters, I've become somewhat inured to the poor grammatical skills many of them exhibit.
However, I now have one student who apparently was never taught that the first word in a sentence begins with a capital letter.
Come on.

This is fascinating. Of 32 million hacked users, 6.4 million (20%) used only 5,000 passwords.

Interesting article on environmentalism as an outlet for our culturally imposed religious tendencies.

Warning: It does wander at the end. The first two-thirds are worth reading, though.